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Frame House built by Joel Guild. 
August. 1833 



Drawn from memory by 
Aaron B. Turner 



THURSDAY, JUNE 23rd, 1910 

TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF 

THE COMING OF THE GUILDS 

FIRST "YANKEE" SETTLERS IN GRAND RAPIDS 
JUNE 23, 1833 

OPEN MEETING 

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 

SOPHIE DE MARSAC CAMPAU CHAPTER 
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

AND 

THE MICHIGAN CHAPTER, SONS 
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

OF GRAND RAPIDS 
AT 

THE LADIES' LITERARY CLUB HOUSE, SHELDON STREET 

AT THREE O'CLOCK 



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IN GRAND BAHID: 
IN WHICH THE FIRST TOwn- 

"Was held APRiL^.ie/"! 

FIRST WHITE VVEDDIN 

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PLACED BY THE :. 
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jHoruing programme 

At half after ten, Bronze Tablet Placed on the National 

City Bank 

By THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 
MR. JAMES R. WYLIE AND BANK OFFICIALS 

Reading of Original Letter by Joel Guild, Dec. 23, 1833 

By WM. JUDSON, President Sons of the American Revolution 

afternoon programme 

Invocation 

"Michigan, My Michigan" 

Reading of High School Prize Essay, "The Ordinance 

of 1787" 

By the Successful Contestant, MISS LUCILE KELLEY 

Presentation of Prizes 

By THE CHAPTER REGENT 

In Memoriam, Mrs. Margaret Maybury Everhard, Mrs. 
Viola Kleinhans Wilson, Mrs. Sophie Bingham Buchanan 

Report of the Local Research and Landmark Committee 

MISS ISABELLE M. TOWER 

Report of the Sophie de Marsac Campau Memorial Committee 

MISS REBECCA COFFINBERRY 

Goddess of the Inland Seas, (Solo) C. M. Gay/y, U. of M. 

MRS. THOMAS C. IRWIN 



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Territorial Seal, 1814 

The Inception of Founders' Day 

MRS. JAMES H. CAMPBELL, Chapter Regent 

Address 

HON. ROGER W. BUTTERFIELD, President Grand Rapids Historical Society 

Samuel Dexter, A Sketch 

MISS ISABELLE TOWER, a Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dexter 

Cantillation, "The Beautiful River Grand," from Grand 
Rapids Democrat, 1866 

MISS VIOLA CRAW 

The Coming of the Guild Family, viz., Joel Guild and wife 

Abby Vaughn Guild; their children Harriet, Consider, 

Emily O., May L., Olive, Alvira E. and Lucy E. 

MISS ABBY L. WELLER 

Presentation of the Portraits of Mr. Joel Guild, Mrs. Barney 

Burton nee Harriet Guild, Mrs. Albert Baxter nee Elvira 

Guild, to the Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter, 

By MISS ABBY L. WELLER and MRS. CARRIE B. BARR LARAWAY 
Granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Guild 

Portrait of Mrs. Baxter painted by Marinas Harting 
(Delft, Holland, 1 8 1 5 — Grand Rapids 18 6 1). 



Auld Lang Syne 

Reading of a Letter, Date 1871, Written by Antoine Campau 
Describing the Death and Burial of his uncle, Louis 
Campau, the Founder of Grand Rapids 

America 



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